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Just finished Magarshack's translation of The Idiot. Pic related. I like Dosty but I really struggled with this, especially the final third or so.
A lot of it seems to drag on with little interest, though I really liked Ippolit, Lebedev and General Ivolgin - and the stories of death and sacrifice that were present particularly in the beginning.
I really think I'm missing something since the last 200 pages or so seemed like a slog to get through. Am I a big pleb?
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I think it's his most jumbled and inconsistent work, so I sort of understand what you mean, though it's full of fantastic moments and ideas
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>>8688157
the idiot is the worst of all Dostoevsky's books. all the bad facets of his writing exaggerated and lengthened.
don't feel bad anon.
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>>8688157
Apparently, the new opinion is that the P/V translations are crap, but I read their version of The Idiot and really enjoyed it.
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>>8691160
New opinion? What are you talking about?
Also mcduff is a good option for the idiot
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>>8691548
Magarshack is really well known anon. I haven't read the idiot translated by him myself but didn't like his c&p. For the idiot I've read garnett the first time and mcduff the second.
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The Idiot is very polarizing, don't feel bad if you didn't enjoy it in general.
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>>8691548
>>8691762
Oh and by the way, I didn't enjoy the idiot the first time around as much as I enjoyed the last one, but I don't think it was garnett's fault. I was younger and eager to read as much as I possibly could to burn bridges between older people and me. I read it again when I was 26 years old and loved it. I had the patience to go with what the book proposed and it was amazing.
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>>8691774
So tell me what you liked about it - I just feel a little frustrated that I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to (or as much as I thought I would).
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>>8692878
I actually enjoyed the characters quite a lot. I find Myshkin fascinating. He really is an idiot. That emotional, smart man is an idiot even though he isn't.
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>>8692878
Not him, but I really enjoyed the idiot. I know that it's really jumbled and not as consistent of a work as TBK or C&P, but I love the idea of the main character Myshkin. Somebody who embodies everything that is good. Almost a Christ on Earth.
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